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I have been growing this tree for about 8 years in my botanical gardens. This is the first year it bloomed. We got down to 18 degrees a few years ago and had some limb damage nothing serious more like a bad pruning job. I got the tree for my hummingbirds kathy

Shotia brachypetala is a medium tree. The leaves are compound. The foliage is reddish when young.The tree is evergreen. The flowers are red and are produced in masses.
When the tree is in bloom all the plant is red.This is a very nice tree and it not needs to mush care, the only probleme I see, is the need to train it when young. The plant is well adapted to dry climate.